Wanamaker Organ) and in the Pacific Wireless Telegraph Company. Mismanagement at both companies forced Smith to take over operation of the companies in order to salvage his investments. Under Smith's direction the Murray M. Harris Co. became the Los Angeles Art Organ Co. and soon after the Electrolian Organ Co. when it moved to Hoboken, N.J. Electrolian aimed to take some of the market share of the lucrative residence-organ business from the Aeolian Company, the industry leader. As a builder of extra-quality art organs, it was faced with patent-infringement lawsuits and it never attracted significant business, and concurrent with Smith's death, the venture was dissolved. Smith died in Denver of acute peritonitis stemming from appendicitis on November 5, 1906, before he could finish reorganizing the companies. Smith's wealth was estimated between $3 million and $10 million at his death, but may have been a good deal less. His mausoleum is in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver. Some of his mansions, including Estemere in the Colorado Rockies, survive him. References Directory of Colorado State Register Properties Eben Smith Papers. Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library, Denver, CO. Encyclopedia of Biography of Colorado. William N. Byers, ed. Chicago: The Century Publishing and Engraving Company, 1901. Mine and Smelter Corporation Records, 1861-1978 Smith, Duane. 'Chaffee: The man behind the name.' Colorado History. 114(19): August 2003, p. 19. The Story of Phantom Canyon. By Mabel Hall. December 6, 1963. External links Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad History Gold Ledge, California ghost town 1832 births 1906 deaths People from Erie, Pennsylvania American people of English descent American people of Scottish descent Businesspeople from California People from Colorado 19th-century American railroad executives Deaths from peritonitis